The main idea of reselling is to enter the web hosting business and/or to earn money. As a number of internet users grows from day to day, the number of web sites also increase quickly. More and more people want to appear on ther web by having their own home pages or business sites. So the increasing need of a quality web hosting services brings more people to this business.
There are two business models of doing a reseller web hosting. Private Label Hosting and Standard Reseller Hosting.
Standard Reseller Hosting
When you simply resell hosting, this means that you wholesale a lot of web hosting packages and then sell them at a higher price. In this case the hosting company that provides the service will support all those accounts that you have an intention to resell. This type of reseller hosting fits you the best if you don't know anything about hosting business or just want to focus on marketing and selling but not to spend your time in supporting customers. Your only task is to promote your own website and to attract more visitors who would purchase web hosting from you.
Private Label Hosting
Private label reseller hosting promotes a different business model. You purchase special reseller package you buy from any web host that specializes in selling to resellers not to end customers.
Once you choose the service plan that includes a certain number of disc space, monthly transfer, and different software applications you may create a number of shared hosting accounts. Then you can create different service plans, to set your own prices and to add or remove different features to web hosting packages.
For example you may enable/disable FrontPage Extensions; enable/disable subdomains; make password modification; turn an account into a demo account. You also may add, edit, park, remove dns; add/remove, edit packages and view accounts' statistics.
This type of reseller hosting means you're are responsible for providing support to your own customers. It the best way to get experience in customer service and entry level technical support. If you want to enter the hosting market with your own company and to establish it as a serious business, the Private Reseller Hosting is a good way to start.
How to choose a Reseller web host?
When choosing a reseller web hosting company you'll come across a few options. Don't follow the cheapest offers. Remember that quality and prompt support will help you to build a good reputation. So it is better to choose a company which provides excellent support you can rely on, when you experience difficulties with resolving your customers's issues.
To become a reseller is very easy. To build a Private reseller brand however is a little bit harder, because you need to attract customers and provide them with a good qustomer service. But it is worth. Try and good luck!
By Olga Elizarova (c), ©Copyright B10WH.com 2006
